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Astra Tech Launches New OsseoSpeed TX Implant

OsseoSpeed™ TX is an implant with remarkable and proven abilities to speed up the bone healing process. The nique
fluoride-modified nanostructure of the implant surface stimulates the early bone formation and provides stronger bone-to-implant bonding.

OsseoSpeedTM TX

Patient missing lateral incisor due to aplosta.

Installation of OsseoSpeedTM TX3.05 - 13mm.

Healing abutment in place for a 10 week healing period before placement of the final crown.

Four months after loading, the healing has
progressed well and the soft tissue has regained the popilla to both adjacent teeth.

Courtesy of Dr. Paul King, Bristol Dental Hosptial and School, United Kingdom

OsseoSpeed™ TX implants - More Bone Rapidly

The growing power of OsseoSpeed™ makes it a perfect solution for all your implant patients:

Predictable results for all patients, including compromised cases, where implants with other surface treatments may
be less effective.
Allows for implant treatment in all indications.
Improved biological support for immediate installation and early loading protocols.
Designed to maintain the marginal bone support and proven clinically to maintain marginal bone levels (mean marginal bone reduction of only 0.3 mm over 5 years).

OsseoSpeed™ with tapered apex - OsseoSpeed™ TX

At Astra Tech Dental we continuously strive to enhance products and simplify procedures to provide reliable long-lasting successful results and, at the same time, make your day-to-day work a little bit easier. OsseoSpeed™ TX is designed to do just that:

The tapered apex makes implant installation easier for all indications.
Ideal for installation in soft bone where under-preparation is desired. With the soft bone drilling protocol (a reduced diameter of the osteotomy) an increased torque resistance can be perceived.

The tapered apex was first introduced on the 3.0 S implant for narrow spaces and is now applied to the complete Astra Tech implant line. The full range of OsseoSpeed™ TX implants covers all indications, from cases with normal bone to cases with limited vertical bone height, the replacement of maxillary laterals and mandibular incisors
with narrow horizontal space, and for both anterior and posterior situations.

One connection - three sizes

Our implant-abutment connection comes in three sizes - x-small, small and large that are color-coded for easy identification.

A system that works for you

With the Astra Tech Implant System™, you have the fl exibility to manage every clinical situation and to adapt to different challenges as they arise:

One system for all indications.
Suitable for both one-stage and twostage surgery.
Designed for immediate and early restoration.
Restorative freedom and simplicity.

Surgical flexibility

In cases involving immediate installation and early restorations, the two-piece design is particularly important for adapting the final soft tissue contour to achieve optimal aesthetic results. Depending on the situation for each individual patient, you can choose either a one- or two-stage surgical procedure.

Restorative freedom

Astra Tech offers a range of prosthetic solutions for individualized, esthetic results. Whether you prefer a cement-retained, screw-retained or attachment retained construction, or are looking for prefabricated or patient-specific abutments, we have a solution for you. The absolute top-of-the-line in cement-retained restorations is Atlantis™ - CAD/ CAM abutments designed for each individual patient.
Using patient-specific abutments instead of stock abutments provides several advantages:

The possibility to create an optimal emergence profile of the abutment, supporting longterm esthetics.
Margins can be placed at an ideal level for easy and safe removal of excess cement.
The abutment design gives optimal support and retention for the final restoration.

L: Atlantis™ patient-specific abutments R: Stock abutments

Outstanding long-term results

The five-year follow-up study on OsseoSpeed™ confi rms the successful results obtained in previous studies. In a recent study, the mean marginal bone level change reported is -0.03 millimeters after five years, which is extremely good.
The OsseoSpeed surface characteristics and properties have been reviewed in numerous published articles revealing positive bone response, and the Astra Tech Implant System™ is proven clinically to maintain the marginal bone level.

Results from the extensive OsseoSpeed clinical study program show good functionality and predictable maintained marginal bone levels in prospective studies after three and five years of follow-up, with a mean marginal bone level reduction of only 0.3 mm. A dip in implant stability (measured in ISQ) is usually seen and is related to the shift between decreased initial stability (due to remodelling) and increased secondary stability (osseointegration). However, Astra Tech OsseoSpeed implants do not have a dip in ISQ during the early healing phase. Instead, constant or increased ISQ values are reported. Published data shows that the OsseoSpeed implant can be safely used with reported survival rate between 94.5% and 100%, also in demanding situations. These situations include the use of immediate loading protocol, even in the atrophic edentulous maxilla, in sinus lifted maxillary posterior jaw sites, when applying immediate installation in extraction sockets, and also for implants placed in atrophied mandibles close to the nerve.

For more information on Astra Tech and Osseospeed TX please call 0845 450 0586 or e-mail implants.uk@astratech.com

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